Ticket clip-case.



H. J. TAYLOR.

TICKET CLIP CASE. ZAPPLICATION r1150 JULY 6. 1914.

1,178;967. Patented Apr. 11,1916.

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ATES PATENT onnion.

HENRY J. TAYLOR, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

TICKET CLIP-CASE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

'Patented Apr. 11, 1916.

AppIi-cation filed July 6, 1914. Serial No. 849,062.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY J. TAYLOR, a

citizen of the United States, residing in Boston, in the county of Sulfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ticket Ollp- Cases, of which the following is a specifica-- tion. V

This invention relates to a clip-case for holding tickets and especially for holding a strip of tickets of the form in which street car tickets or the like are generally put up. One of the main objects of the invention is to provide a case that will hold a strip of tickets one fastened to the other, the tickets being defined from one another by a line of perforations, which case will permit the withdrawal of one ticket at a time.

Other objects of the invention are to pro vide a ticket clip-case which can be conveniently carried in a vest-pocket or the like;

which can be conveniently and firmly'held in one hand while the fingers of that hand remove the ticket; which 'canbe made at low cost; and which is simple in'operation, that is in, the removal of the ticket, and in supplying the case with tickets.

' A particular feature of the invention is that the device is a one-piece article made of sheet metal. 7

Other features, capabilities and advantages of the invention will appear from the subjoined detailed description of one specific embodiment thereof illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a plan of the device shown in closed position. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is an axial section of the same on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1 showing the edge.

of the strip of tickets. Fig. 4 is an elevation of the same in open position. Fig.5 is a cross section of the same on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is a diagrammatic elevation of a strip of tickets, the dotted lines showing the course through which a portion of the strip will bend when aticket is removed from the case. Fig. 7 isan enlarged detail fragmental view in section showing the means for locking the case inclosed position; and Fig. 8 is a plan of the stamped blank before bending into finished form.

In the embodiment shown, a clip case formed of one piece of metal has an upper plane plate portion 1 and a lower plane plate portion 2 which are connected to one another by a loop connection 3, the loop being resilient and in normal position maintaining the plate portions 1 and 2 spaced from one another in open position as shown in Fig. 4, and being under tension when in closed position as shown in Fig. 2. The loop 3 bulges outward from the plate portionsfl and 2.]

The lowerrplate 2 is bent up on its front free end to form a vertical member 4 perpen- .dicular' to the main body of theplate 2 and then again bent at right angles to saidvertical member 4 to form the horizontal member.

5 which extends out from the plate portion 2 and forms one of the surfaces over which a v the] ticket being removed from thefcase passes.

On each lateral edge of the plate portion 2 is provided a wall member 7 bent up from the plate portion 2 and-extending toward the plate portion 1, which wall member comprises --a low wall member 8, starting near the vertical member 4 and extending back about half the length of the plate 2 where it is continued by the high wall member 9 which extends back substantially the remaining half of the plate portion 2. This high wall-member 9 has apunched-outlug,

10 near its forward end and a raised elon gated portion 11 extending practicallythe remaining length of the wall member 9.

Both the lugs-10. and raised portions 11 extend outward of'the case.

The front end ofthe upper plate 1 ter-' I minates a little short of the end of the horizontal member 5, this front end extending adjacent to and parallel tothe horizontal member 5. -At each lateral edge of the plate portion 1 is provided a wall 12- extending toward the plate portion 2 and "having at its middle an extended portion '13 provided with an opening 14; which is adapted to engage the lug 10 on the-plate portion 2 to lock the two plate portions together in closed position. To 'permitthe free bulging of the tickets near the front end of the case when one is being removed, the plate portion 2 is looped outward atj15, which loop continues into the vertical member 4. At the front end of the plate portion 1 and also of the horizontal member 5, there is provided a recess 16 to facilitate gripping the ticket being fed from the case.

In the use of the device a strip of tickets 17 is folded along the perforations defining them and packed together as shown in Figs. 3 and 6, then placed into the case and onto the plate portion 2, the free end of one of the end tickets resting on the horizontal portion 5, then the plate portion pressed down onto the plate portion 2 so that its, openings 14 engage the lugs 10 of the plate portion 2, whereby the plate portions are locked parallel to one another in closed position with the strip of tickets therebetween, the space between the front end of the plate portion 1 and the horizontal portion 5 forming the outlet for the tickets to be removed. hen the supply of tickets is exhausted and it is desired to refill the case, the case is opened by pressing the elongated raised portions 11 toward one another, whereupon the lugs 10 are removed out of the openings 14 of the plate portion 1, and the tension of the loop portion 3 is free to snap up the plate portion 1, removing the same from the plate portion 2, so that access is had to the inside of the case and a fresh supply of tickets can be placed therein.

In Fig. 8 is shown a blank 18 before being bent and formed into the finished case The simplicity of construction is clearly illustrated in this figure, the several parts ofthe device being designated with the same reference characters as are used to designate corresponding parts in Figs. 1 to 7 inclusive. It is obvious that various changes and modifications may be made in the details of construction without departing from the general scope ofthe invention.

I claim:

"1. A ticket clip-case having two plate portions adjacent to one another in closed position, resilient means connecting the plate portions to one another and normally maintaining the same in open position, lateral extenslons in said plate portions to interlock with one another to lock said plate portions to one another in closed position, and disengaging means on one of said plate portions adapted to be pressed inwardly to disengage said lateral extensions from one another so that said resilient means may snap the plate portions from one another into open position;

2. A ticket clip-case comprising a strip of metal forming two plate portions adjacent to one another in closed position, a resilient loop connecting the two plate portions to one another and normally maintaining the same in open position, means on said plate portions for locking said plate portions to one another in closed position, and disengaging means on one of said plate portions adapted to be pressed inwardly to disengage said plate portions from one another so that the resilient loop may snap the plate portions from one another into open position.

3. A metal clip-case comprising a strip of metal forming two plate portions adjacent to one another in closed position, a resilient loop portion connecting the two plate portions to one another and normally maintaining the same in open position, one of said plate portions having a raised member at its free end between which raised member and the other plate portion the tickets are fed from the case, side walls on the upper plate portion provided With openings, side walls on the lower plate portion provided with punched-out lugs adapted to engage .of metal forming two plate portions adjacent to one another in closed position, a resilient loop portion connecting the two plate portions to one another and normally maintaining the same in open position, side walls on the upper plate portion provided with openings, side walls on the lower plate portion provided with punched-out lugs adapted to engage the openings in the side walls of said upper plate portion when the plate portions are in closed position and thereby lock the two plate portions in such closed position, and elongated raised portions on the side walls of said lower portion which are adapted to be engaged and pressed inwardly to press in the side walls of the lower plate portion thereby to remove the lugs from the openings of the upper plate portion and to permit the resilient loop to snap the upper plate portion away from the lower plate portion.

5. The combination with a clip case co1nprising a strip of metal forming two plate portions adjacent to one another in closed position, connected to one another at one end, and forming an outlet with one another at the other end to permit the removal of tickets from the case, of a strip of tickets secured to one another and defined from one another by perforations, folded along said perforations, and packed in said case with the free end of one of the end tickets extending through said outlet, and an outwardly bulging portion formed in the lower plate portion near the outlet, to permit the bulging of the tickets at such end of the case when a ticket is removed.

6. A one-piece sheetv metal blank for a ticket clip-case having two similarly formed amps? I i (i plate portions, an intermediate enlarged portion which forms a resilient loop in finished form of the clip-case, the plate portions having lateral extensions which are formed into interlocking members for locking the plate portions in closed position when in finished form, and disengaging means on one of said plate portions adapted to be pressed inwardly to disengage said lateral extensions from one another so that the resilient loop may snap the plate portions from one another into open position.

7. 'A ticket clip-case comprising a strip of metal forming two plate portions adjacent to one another in closed position, a resilient loop connecting the two plate portions to one another and normally maintaining the same in open position, lateral extensions on the lower plate portion, lateral exthe upper plate portion so that the resilient loop may snap the upper plate portion away from the lower plate portion.

HENRY J. TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

. AMos S. RUNDLETT, THOMAS H. SIMns.

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